October 2012- once we pop we can't stop!!!

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Latest list:

Babies

Babybrain - William James - 5/9/12 - 11.45pm - 5lb 11
Heymicky - Eliza Dorothy Gardner - 16/9/12 - 22.57 - 5lb 2
Pinpan - Nina - 23/9/12 - afternoon - 8lb 7
Winnie81 - Girl - 25/9/12 - 12.15am 6lb 4
MissPollysTrolleyed - Lucy - 26/09/12 - 6pm

Impatient mums to be

Rnb dc4 edd 23 sept - boy
MakeTeaNotWar dc2 edd 26 sept - Surprise
Pezzina dc2 edd 26 sept
ST82 dc1 edd 27 sept - boy
MsInterpret dc2 28sept - girl
Captainhetty dc4 edd 1 oct - girl
Newtonupontheheath dc 2 1 oct - surprise
Emiedarling dc1 edd 3oct - boy
Welliesandpyjamas dc3 edd 4 Oct
MissPollysTrolleyed dc2 edd 4 Oct
Littleplasticpeople dc3 edd 5 oct
WeeSooty dc1 edd 5th October - surprise
Gizzyboo dc4 edd 5 oct
Cakes82 dc1 edd 5 oct- suprise
Shopgal9 dc1 edd 5 oct
Bubblebell dc3 edd 6 oct - girl
FluffyJawsOfDoom dc1 6 oct - surprise
MissPenteuth edd 6 oct - girl
KPT083 dc1 edd 8 oct - surprise
DameFlatYouLent dc2 edd 9 oct
Thunderboltkid dc1 edd 10 oct - boy
Isheisnthe dc4 edd 10 oct
Thumbwitch dc2 edd 14 October - surprise
Bear1984 dc2 edd 15 oct - boy
RunningOutOfIdeas dc2 edd 15 oct - girl
Guccigirl79 dc1 edd 16 oct - boy
Elvislives2012 edd 18 oct - surprise
Kelbells dc 1 edd 18 oct - boy
ShellWeDance dc1 edd 19th Oct, surprise.
Goodsenseofdirection dc1 20 oct - surprise
Beeblebear dc1 20 oct - boy
MissRedIndie dc2 20 Oct
Pheebs24 dc1 21 Oct
Susurrant dc1 21 Oct
Doodlekitty DC1 edd 26th Oct - boy
Loopyla dc1 edd 28 Oct - surprise
TartyMcFarty dc2

Enjoy!! :)

Oh and msinterpret Are you there? Any action since yesterday's sweep???

at newtons over-veeting!! You may be actually v sensible doing that newton as I've heard on another thread...TMI alert.... that the blood post-birth can get all caught up in the hairs making removal of maternity pads more painful than necessary!!

And good luck with your sweep!!

Morning all

I'm loving all the pictures on FB, such gorgeous babies appearing! Not mine yet though, and no signs either. Oh well, 2 days until due date so I suppose I can't be complaining quite yet.

newton tbh I'm impressed at your ability to Veet at all! I attempted a bit of a trim the other day but couldn't see what the hell was going on I am going to attempt the Veet later...

Yeah, loopy that's what I thought. I meant to do it last time but ds was a couple of days early (it was on my to do list for my due date!)

Luckily we have a full length mirror in the en suite.... Tis all I'm saying....

Very impressed newton - I've got a pair of feet in my ribs and I find it hard to reach my fanjo never mind maintain its lawn! Mw will be in for a shock when I roll up at the delivery suite...

To be honest LPP I just blindly guide my immac razor underneath the bump & hope for the best!! Luckily I haven't caught a major blood vessel...yet

Ha ha fluffy well it wasn't easy.

Main problem wasn't putting it on, it was taking it off afterwards... But you're sort of stuck at that point!!

Congratulations hetty and make tea! Loving all the fb photos but finding it hard now to keep up with the who's who.

7 more working days left. Getting increasingly uncomfortable now sitting at my desk and constantly have to get up for walks.

Morning poos are getting mire frequent and seem to be getting one a day, much softer and bearable and fissure seems to have healed because I.m sure you were all dying for an update on that

Trying hard not to have a breakdown over last week or so. Dh struggling with work issues. He coaches kids and long story short, one of the students was misbehaving and he told the parent that to continue with class he would need extra supervision (parent, family member etc) to join in class. The parent took offemse to this and wrote a very nasty email and sent to EVERYONE. Coaches federation, bosses, club owners etc. claimimg abuse and accusing dh of callimg her kid special needs. Well now dh is suspended from work pending investigation. Well this sjould be cleared up by work this week, but now we have to fight to "clear his name" with anyone else she has contacted and may have to get lawywes involved. Because 1 this is the only job he has ever done for 20 years and if he ever needs to change club locations, the last thing he needs is this letter on his records when it is total slander. At this point totally worriec about the outcomes and dreading the worst case senario. But trying to be the rock for dh as this is clearly a stressful time. Not to mention now the parents of the classes he is missing are probably thinking that we have had our baby or something as he is not there. I'm wondering what the other coaches are telling them.

Sorry for all the me me me, but I.m totally stressed and needed to vent

On a pregnancy related note: nothing to report, no more bh or cramping or niggly signs of anything . 37+5. Had prenatal class all weekend. Teacher said the best way to distinguish bh from actual labour is that bh will only be in the front. True labor contractions will radiate around to your back too to some degree. More so with back labour, but will always have some lower back pain/cramping. Can any of you moms confirm?

I have shared this on the whooping cough thread but just wanted to share here also;

I am just over 39 weeks but wanted the jabs anyway just incase the baby comes late and I can pass on the immunity.

Yesterday the midwife, docs, nurses and receptionists had no information other than that heard in the news (I was actually a lot more informed than them in knowing that it was the combined jab and the same as the one given to children). My surgery were amazing, I waited while they rand around and organised an emergency staff meeting and asked me to call the next afternoon (today).

This morning they rang me at 9.30am having managed to secure both the whooping cough and flu vaccines (neither if which they had in stock yesterday) and by half 10 my jabs were done. I cannot fault the staff at my surgery and they were so apologetic even though it was the fault of the government in their lack of info to the health professionals.

Fingers crossed my baby stays put for a little longer, but if not at least I know I have tried!

I'm going to post a few times as am on my phone and can't see/remember what I am referring to

Beeble Sorry to hear you are having a rough time of it... How awful for you and your DH to have to handle this when you clearly have enough on your plates!! Hope everything is cleared up soon so you can concentrate on your own child and not somebody else's... Much love xx

Maybe try some lavender oil to relax- burn before bed; it may help your DH too

Re BH v contractions..... Totally agree!! I have the same understanding now- my bump goes tight, sometimes v v tight = BH. Last week I had contractions regular bump tightenings plus back ache (like period-y pains) plus achy tops of my legs. Approx every 10 minutes and then fading.

That's the difference... Although if I'd have been in labour, they would have a) got closer together b) got more painful and resulted in baby.... As it happens, they just stopped

Finbert Thanks for sharing... I'm 40 plus already so haven't made any enquiries. I expect even if I did get it arranged (can't see my surgery being that efficient!) baby would be born prior to any benefit being achieved Hopefully I can pass some immunity via bf-ing

So..... (Last post-sorry!) I went to the mw.

Apparently, I'm too healthy for her to have done a sweep today bp fine, bump size fine, baby hb fine, I'm "emotionally" fine (debatable)

Had there been an issue with any of the above, she'd have done it... I've made too nice a home for this baby so it ain't going anywhere for now!

Sweep booked for Sunday when I'll be 40 +6 MW told DH he was "obliged" to offer me as much sex as I wanted

I was pretty miffed understatement so DH bought me some chips on the way home. And then we had a lazy afternoon

Newton I wouldn't worry as hopefully the programme will help with herd immunity. It's not our fault if we are too pregnant!!

Thunder I thought I would have to fight too but they didn't even question the fact I was over 39weeks. It does say on NHS direct you can have it later than 38 weeks if you request so might be worth a go if you do decide you want it. Also REALLY sorry about the government wasn't really thinking, as with anything in life bad communication happens and whether it is one or two people's fault or just a complete misunderstanding, you are correct people in this line of work should not be tarnished with this brush. As a teacher, I try to avoid politics in my area too so completely understand how upsetting/annoying it is. I should also think before I write/speak as I can't blame pregnancy brain for everything

I completely missed the government bit... I'm public sector too My reference to disorganisation at my gp surgery is mostly due to the fact my midwife is new to this area and has never visited my gp/the surgery. There are too many babies being born for her to get chance!

Aargh, just wrote a massive catch up post and my phone lost it! Will try again...

Hi girls. Just wanted to send my love to you all that are still waiting to pop. I will catch up soon and would appreciate if someone could point me in the direction of the post natal thread.
I have the worst baby brain.

Good luck girls x

I am a lucky lady! Little Lucian Fox was born today at 1pm weighing 6lb 13. He's gorgeous. I had the most bizarre birth experience, I will update you all soon.

Good luck to all those still expecting/ going through sweeps etc. It really is worth it in the end

Huge congratulations RnB just saw the photo on fb - so gorgeous.

beeble so sorry to hear you're going through such a stresful time. fingers crossed his work clears everything up and he is back at work asap. And that they support him in clearing his name. Hope you can try to take some time to relax xxx

thumb what a wriggler you have - I can't believe that it turns so easily! hope it turns again firmly head down over the weekend.

sooty and hope the dandelion stuff kicks in and you can get some relief from the itching.

On the wc jabs, my surgery have been great. I called on tuesday morning to be told they'd be getting the vaccinations in on thursday but they weren't sure how it was going to work. The duty doctor found out, called me back and i have an appointment for friday - which is great as i'm 38wks on saturday. Much better than their normal service so i was impressed!!

Otherwise not much to report here. I've had a few NCT due-in-oct meet-ups which have been great as i don't know anyone with kids in my area. Surprised though that at 31, i'm the youngest of 12 ladies... And DP, at 32, is the youngest of the our NCT class dads!

oh and newton at your immac story! it's on my to do list but like everyone else i can't see a thing and can barely reach - i'm sure the MWs are used to un-trimmed / uneven / over-immac-ed though!!

RnB congratulations!!! And what a great name

could someone tell me what the name of the FB group is? i should know this and should have added myself ages ago but here you go...

41 weeks as of tomorrow and still no baby....